Studio 'Muggles' postpone new Harry Potter film until 2009

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Harry Potter fans clamoring for the next movie installment of the boy wizard's adventures will have to wait until 2009 after a decision to postpone release of the new film, officials said Thursday.

A statement from Warner Bros. Pictures said the original November release date for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the sixth movie adaptation of J.K. Rowling's books, had now been shifted to July 17, 2009.

Warner president Alan Horn said the decision was taken to guarantee the studio a major summer blockbuster in 2009, and was partially explained by the Hollywood writer's strike, which paralyzed the movie industry this year.

"Like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers' strike, which impacted the...

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